Originally Posted by
stimpy
That's pretty much only on US airlines IME. I don't recall the PA ever blaring on non-US airlines.
In my experience US carriers ramble on they don't really shout around .. but it's still loud an annoying.
Originally Posted by
paulwuk
It's the sign of a rock-bottom airline like Ryanair and their infamous scratchcards....
The worst barkers I can recall dwelled on SQ. Especially on night flights they
loved to crank up the PA to howitzer volume and sanctimonously howl "WE ARE ENCOUNTERING UNEXPECTED TURBULENCE. PLEASE FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS, PARENTS PLEASE TAKE OUR THE INFANTS FROM THE BASSINETS" every 2 to 10 minutes.
A few overly sadistic and overzealous specimen would also rush through the coach cabin and rattle sleeping customers so those could better prep themselves mentally for the bumps ahead. In business I was woken twice by such individuals who only reluctantly apologised for not checking that I was wearing a seat belt.
But competition of the Middle Eastern carriers fixed this monstrous feature ... not sure what they did with the evil employees though.